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American Everyman – by Scott Creighton
Take a look at this and remember what Officer Wilson said about the shooting.
First of, here is an graphic showing what was presented to the Grand Jury about where the evidence was collected at the scene of the Mike Brown shooting. It comes from the Washington Post. Continue reading “Did Ferguson PD Move the Shell Casings?”
It’s a mistake to be nostalgic for some golden age in politics when everyone was nice to each other. Such a time never existed.
Still, this is a particularly rotten moment to be an elected official, and especially a member of Congress, a body whose ratings are even lower than those of journalists. If you run for office these days, all your mistakes (and some you never made) are broadcast widely in some horrible TV spot. Continue reading “Thank a Politician Today”
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) — Black Friday isn’t just when shoppers rush to stores for holiday sales. It’s also one of the busiest days of the year for gun purchases.
In the U.S., there are nine guns for every 10 people. Someone is killed with a firearm every 16 minutes. And every minute, gun shops make about 40 new requests for criminal background checks on people wanting weapons.
On Black Friday, the rush accelerates to nearly two checks a second, testing the limits of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Continue reading “Black Friday gun buys test background check system”
ABC News – by HOLBROOK MOHR, DAVID A. LIEB and PHILLIP LUCAS
Some witnesses said Michael Brown had been shot in the back. Another said he was face-down on the ground when Officer Darren Wilson “finished him off.” Still others acknowledged changing their stories to fit published details about the autopsy or admitted that they did not see the shooting at all.
An Associated Press review of thousands of pages of grand jury documents reveals numerous examples of statements made during the shooting investigation that were inconsistent, fabricated or provably wrong. For one, the autopsies ultimately showed Brown was not struck by any bullets in his back. Continue reading “Ferguson Grand Jury Papers Full of Inconsistencies”
New York Daily News – by Nina Golgowski
Police are investigating the death of a man found inside of a parked car, a couple blocks from where Missouri teen Michael Brown was killed in August, as a homicide, according to a local report.
The body of 20-year-old DeAndre Joshua, who was identified by his family to USA Today, was found near Ferguson’s Canfield Green Apartments around 9 a.m. Tuesday. Continue reading “Body found amid violent Ferguson protests investigated as homicide: police”
Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten
Park City, Utah, officials were the latest in a series of local governments that have been forced to respect the Constitution by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). SAF has run up an impressive number of legal wins to protect second amendment rights. It has become the ACLU of the gun culture.
In the Park City case, the city had adopted local laws in direct violation of the second amendment and Utah state preemption law. Continue reading “UT: City Officials Forced to Obey the Constitution on guns”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:
Continue reading “President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts”
Freezing temperatures didn’t stop intrepid passengers from “helping out” a Russian plane that couldn’t move, because its wheels were frozen to the ground. The “selfie” won the day in a remote Siberian town beyond the Arctic Circle.
74 passengers, who were on board, offered the seven-member crew and technical staff to help move the frozen Tupolev Tu-134 plane to the takeoff runway on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the UTair company told TASS. Continue reading “–52C in Siberia: Over 70 passengers ‘push’ frozen plane to runway”
The court testimonies of those involved in the Michael Brown shooting lifted the lid on some of the most intriguing aspects of this incident. RT looks at 10 pointers from the investigation, which has left a nation divided.
In a rare occurrence, transcripts, heard by the jury in the case of Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson who shot and killed Brown, have been made public. Normally, when no indictment is made, grand jury proceedings are kept secret. It also became public knowledge that when he killed Brown, it was the first time Wilson had used a firearm. Continue reading “What the jury heard as Darren Wilson defended the killing of Michael Brown”
Holland’s new Foreign Minister Bert Koenders declared last week that for now the Netherlands will not recognize a “Palestinian” state. According to Koenders, recognition is not conducive to advancing stalled peace talks, JTA reports, citing a recently released transcript of the speech.
“We believe this is not an advisable measure,” Koenders told a Dutch Parliament session last Wednesday during the annual debate on his office’s budget and policy. Continue reading “Holland Says No to ‘Palestine’”
Yahoo News – by Mark Gillispie
CLEVELAND (AP) — Several hundred people marched down an exit ramp and temporarily blocked rush-hour traffic on a busy freeway on Tuesday while protesting a police officer’s fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy who had brandished a realistic-looking novelty gun.
Police diverted traffic but didn’t take action against the protesters, who chanted phrases such as “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “No justice, no peace” as they sat in a major intersection before marching past City Hall and onto state Route 2. Continue reading “Cleveland crowd protests over boy shot by police”
After the citizens of Maui just voted to stop Monsanto and Dow from further GMO development, Monsanto filed suit.
Barry Kurren is the US federal magistrate overseeing the court battle between Maui and Monsanto.
Judge Kurren’s wife, Faye, is the past president of the University of Hawaii Foundation, which is the fund-raising arm of the University. Continue reading “Is Judge in Maui GMO case connected to Monsanto?”
American Everyman – by Scott Creighton
Sec. of Defense Chuck Hagel has been fired by President Obama. He was on record calling Bush’s surge in Afghanistan and Iraq “the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam.”
Recently, Barack Obama has renewed the “surge” in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the latter being of the stealth variety. No “ISIS” in that country to blame. Continue reading “Chuck Hagel Warned Obama About the “New World Order” and Told Him to “Question What the Military is Being Used For””
CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland officer was less than 10 feet away when he fatally shot a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun near a playground, and video of the shooting is clear about what happened, police said Monday.
The boy was confronted Saturday by officers responding to a 911 call about a male who appeared to be pulling a gun in and out of his pants.
The 911 caller said the gun was “probably fake,” then added, “I don’t know if it’s real or not.” Deputy Chief Edward Tomba said Monday that he didn’t know whether a dispatcher shared that information with responding officers. Continue reading “Police: Video of officer shooting boy is ‘clear’”
Prosecutors should charge a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man in a dark public housing stairwell, elected officials said Monday after the medical examiner announced that the death was ruled a homicide.
City Councilwoman Inez Barron and Assemblyman-elect Charles Barron met with officials in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office on Monday. Afterward, Charles Barron told reporters he thought the shooting of Akai Gurley last week warrants a criminal charge for Officer Peter Liang. Continue reading “Police Shooting in Housing Project Ruled Homicide”
Countering terrorism should not be the sole responsibility of the police and security agencies, says the head of counter terrorism in Wales.
Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland said the public and businesses also had a part to play.
Police have launched a week-long, anti-terrorism campaign in Wales. Continue reading “Wales: Police call for public’s help to stop terrorism threats”
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the only Republican in President Barack Obama’s cabinet, will announce his resignation on Monday, the White House said.
Hagel’s departure – a major post-election reshuffle of Obama’s struggling national security team – comes as the United States faces a series of major international challenges, from the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) to the planned troop draw-down from Afghanistan. Continue reading “Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to resign”
CLEVELAND (AP) — A 12-year-old boy shot by police after grabbing what turned out to be a replica gun died from his wounds Sunday, a day after officers responded to a 911 call about someone waving a “probably fake” gun at a playground.
Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon — which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle — from his waistband but had not pointed it at police. The boy did not make any verbal threats but grabbed the replica handgun after being told to raise his hands, Tomba said. Continue reading “Boy with fake gun dies after shot by Ohio cop”
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